Patient Safety Initiative
New Jersey’s Department of Health and Senior Services (December 5, 2006)
In 2004, the New Jersey Patient Safety Act (P.L. 2004, c9) was signed into law. The statute was designed to improve patient safety in hospitals and other health care facilities by establishing a medical error reporting system.
Rather than seeking to place blame, the system promotes comprehensive reporting of adverse patient events, systematic analysis of their causes, and creation of solutions that will improve health care quality and save lives.
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services publishes newsletters and reports that identify critical issues for ensuring patient safety based on recent events or evidence. See their web site at http://www.nj.gov/health/hcqo/ps/, or read their reports and newsletters
Patient Safety Newsletters, Alerts and Summary Reports
Issues of “Patient Safety Initiative”